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Sorell Football Club



History The Sorell Football Club was formed in 1883 and celebrated 125 years of being a club in 2008 when students from Sorell School (Ben and Brad) gathered this information.

Sorell has had three home grounds:
 * first was past the last house of Sorell on the Arthur Highway,
 * second was the Sorell Memorial Oval and
 * third is Pembroke Park the one currently used by Sorell.

Sorell has played in the following leagues:
 * South East Districts Football Association
 * Tasmanian Amateur Football League in 1963
 * Southern Football League in 1996
 * and finally the Southern Regional Football League.

In the very early days of the club, all country clubs played only challenge games for a trophy. Sorell were originally called Pembroke in 1881. The major sponsor of the club is Pembroke Hotel. Max Tuttle was one of the best players in the state. His family owned the Pembroke Hotel. In 1933 he was asked to play for Collingwood but instead he went back to Sorell and captained and coached Sorell. In 2008, Sorell have 20 life members, and with Tim Weir as president they are sure to win another game!

Some photos taken while visiting the club rooms, showing the building, the oval and some of the trophies.



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Premierships The club has won premierships in 1937, 1938, 1939, 1952, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1983 and 1990. All the premierships are on display at the Sorell Hall. It took until 1932 for them to win their first premiership.

** Players who have played AFL ** Only three players Royce Hart, Tom Collier, Sam Iles have played AFL football.
 * Royce Hart** was a determined player who was willing to put his body on the line for his team. He was so determined that he got a concussion at least six times each season. When he was at school, he played school football.He was vice captain of the team. He played 187 games and kicked 369 goals for Richmond from 1965-1977. Royce was the Richmond captain for four years (1972-1975) and won the best and fairest in 1969 and 1972. He was an All Australian in 1969 and is in both Richmond's and the AFL's Team of the Century.

He also tried coaching for a few years with Footscray (1980-1982) but it didn't go to well. Footscray only won 7 games in his first two years. He trained the players too hard and sacked the players who couldn't keep up. He ended up getting sacked and started coaching the Richmond reserves then returned to Tasmania and was a commentator for ABC.


 * Mark Clothier** has the most games played in an Eagles jumper with 410 games.

Links
http://www.sorellfootballclub.com/ most of the info above was from this website http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorell_Eagles